Call for Participation

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Sponsored by USENIX, the Advanced Computing Systems Association in cooperation with LOPSA

LISA15 will take place November 8–13, 2015, at the Wardman Park Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C.

LISA is the premier conference for IT operations, where systems engineers, operations professionals, and academic researchers share real-world knowledge about designing, building, and maintaining the critical systems of our interconnected world.

Industry Call for Participation

We invite industry leaders to propose topics that demonstrate the present and future state of IT operations. LISA submissions should inspire and motivate attendees to take actions that will positively impact their business operations.

Important Dates

  • Submissions due: April 20, 2015, 11:59 pm PDT Deadline Extended!
  • Notification to participants: June 5, 2015

Download the Call for Participation PDF

Conference Organizers

Program Co-Chairs

Cory Lueninghoener, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Amy Rich, Mozilla Corporation

Academic Co-Chairs

Paul Anderson, University of Edinburgh
Marc Chiarini, MarkLogic Corporation

Invited Talks Co-Chairs

Doug Hughes, D. E. Shaw Research, LLC.
Mario Obejas, Retirado

Lightning Talks Coordinator

Lee Damon, University of Washington

Workshops Chair

Lee Damon, University of Washington

Content Recruitment Team

Jonathon Anderson, University of Colorado, Boulder
Jennifer Ash-Poole, NASA
Patrick T. Cable, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Travis Campbell, Indeed
Selena Deckleman, Mozilla Corporation
Matt Disney, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Nicole Forsgren, Chef
Ski Kacoroski, LOPSA
Paul Krizak, Qualcomm
Tom Limoncelli, Stack Overflow
Mike Rembetsy, Etsy
Chris St. Pierre, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Mandi Walls, Chef

LISA Lab Co-Chairs

Tony Del Porto, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Andrew Mundy, National Institute of Standards and Technology

LISA Build Coordinators

Branson Matheson, sandSecurity
Brett Thorson, Cranial Thunder Solutions

USENIX Liaisons

David N. Blank-Edelman, Apcera
Carolyn Rowland, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

USENIX Tutorials Staff

Natalie DeJarlais, USENIX Association
Rik Farrow, USENIX Association

Topic Categories

Systems and Network Engineering

  • Cloud and hybrid cloud computing
  • Software Defined Networks (SDN)
  • Virtualization
  • HA and HPC Clustering
  • Cost effective, scalable storage
  • Configuration management
  • Security

Monitoring and Metrics

  • Performance and Scalability
  • Monitoring, alerting, and logging systems
  • Analytics, interpretation, and application of system data
  • Visualization of system data

SRE/Software Engineering

  • Software-defined System Administration
  • Continuous delivery and product management
  • Continuous deployment and fault resilience
  • Release engineering
  • Big Data

Culture

  • Business communication and planning
  • Standards and regulatory compliance
  • DevOps
  • On-call challenges
  • Distributed and remote worker challenges
  • Mentorship, Education, and Training
  • Workplace Diversity

Proposals we are Seeking

  • Talks: 30-minute talks with an additional 10 minutes for Q&A
  • Mini-tutorials: 90-minute courses teaching practical, immediately applicable skills
  • Tutorials: Half-day or full-day courses taught by experts in the specific topic, preferably with interactive components such as in-class exercises, breakout sessions, or use of the LISA lab space
  • Panels: Moderator-led groups of 3–5 experts answering moderator and audience questions on a particular topic
  • Workshops: Half-day or full-day organizer-guided, round-table discussions which bring members of a community together to talk about common interests
  • Papers and posters: Showcase for the latest research; see the Academic Research Papers and Posters Call for Participation for more information

Questions?

Contact lisa15chairs@usenix.org.